Norton's NewsThursday, July 20th

Kevin Nash gave an interview on Thunder last night. I've already gotten e-mails asking whether it was allowed or if it was a shoot. It was both. WCW simply wouldn't have aired a Nash interview, nor would Scott Hudson have asked him shoot-oriented questions, if they weren't looking for that. At the same time though, everything Nash said was brutally honest, to the point where I wonder why the hell WCW ran it. He completely ran down Bill Goldberg and Brad Siegel, who is preventing Scott Hall from coming back. He said his contract ends in 17 months and then he's, in not so many words, getting the hell out of WCW. He also said that he's not doing the job in a three-way match with he, Goldberg and Scott Steiner at New Blood Rising. It's shocking to say the least. and you can check out our transcription mid way through the Thunder Report by following this link.

I guess the question on everyone's minds right now is whether Nash will really leave, and if he does, where he will go. He'd like to the WWF I'm sure, but how much would they be willing to pay him, if anything? And what about Hall? He is good friends with ECW Champion Justin Credible... nah...

This just in: Torrie is hot.

This week's Thunder was really lacking the sizzle that Nitro had yesterday. Some of that might have to do with the fact that it was just 24 hours later, but it just wasn't up to par. Nuts. At least we have a ton of hilarious captures from the show online, the best of which feature Kanyon. You just have to see him punking out the Road Report guy! It was a moment years in the making! Check them out right here.

Tuesday Nitro got a 2.4 rating, which is slightly down. Of course, that's most likely due to the show being on a different day, but they did have the advantage of not going head to head with Raw.

Can you imagine the pop Lance Storm is going to get at New Blood Rising?

Triple H suffered a back injury over the weekend, but it shouldn't be serious enough to cause problems with his match coming up at the Fully Loaded Pay Per View this Sunday. He should take some time off after the show, however. You can find out more information about the situation here.

Sting will be returning at New Blood Rising, where he'll take on The Demon. There's re-occurring talk of a gimmick change, but I wouldn't look for much to be altered at this point. His feud with Vampiro, if they continue it, will go in a different direction; and The Demon's position is really up in the air right now after his feud with Vamp completely fazzled. Of course, much of that had to do with absolutely atrocious booking.

Davey Boy Smith's run of horrible luck has continued - he's back in hospital, still suffering from drug problems. He's undoubtedly had a tough run the last few years, and his divorce isn't helping. There's rumors circulating the internet that the WWF has released him, but I haven't heard anything official.

Al Isaacs from our sister site, IGN Scoops, has conducted an interview with the head of the XPW. Quite frankly, the interview is totally incredible. If you thought that their actions at ECW Heatwave were... out of line, wait until you hear what's said in this one. It wasn't so much an interview as it was a dictated rant. You have to check it out.

Smackdown Spoilers are now up. It's the last WWF show before the pay per view, but I won't spoil it for you here!